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Galena With Sphalerite

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Galena With Sphalerite

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Locality: 
Deveti Septemvri Mine, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.7 × 4 × 2 cm
Description

The piece hosts three sharp,textbook cubic crystals of galena,biggest at 4 cm across,with two crystals of gemmy yellow sphalerite!To me,it looks like the entrance of some ancient temple.No damage,only marginal contacting,

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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